Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
भीष्मेण विहिता कृष्ण रथातिरथवर्णना । ततो दुर्योधनोऽपृच्छदिदं स्वीयान्महारथान्
Transliteration
bhīṣmeṇa vihitā kṛṣṇa rathātirathavarṇanā | tato duryodhano'pṛcchadidaṃ svīyānmahārathān
Translation
โอ้พระกฤษณะ ภีษมะได้วางคำพรรณนาว่าด้วยรถะและอติรถะไว้ดังนี้ แล้วทุรโยธนะจึงถามคำถามนี้แก่เหล่ามหารถะฝ่ายตน
Word by Word
भीष्मेणby Bhīṣma
भीष्मेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental singular)
विहिताwas arranged/prescribed
विहिता:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-धा (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)
कृष्णO Kṛṣṇa
कृष्ण:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative singular)
रथातिरथवर्णनाthe description of chariot-warriors and great chariot-warriors
रथातिरथवर्णना:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ + अतिरथ + वर्णना (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular); समासः—रथानां च अतिरथानां च वर्णना (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formकाल/अनन्तरबोधक अव्यय (then)
दुर्योधनःDuryodhana
दुर्योधनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)
अपृच्छत्asked
अपृच्छत्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)
स्वीयान्his own
स्वीयान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Accusative plural)
महारथान्great chariot-warriors
महारथान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Accusative plural); समासः—महान् रथः यस्य (महान् रथी)
Speaker
Sūta (narrative address to Kṛṣṇa within the retelling)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kurukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Duryodhana, tense and calculating, turns to question his own champions after Bhīṣma’s classification; Kṛṣṇa is invoked in narration as the divine addressee; war camp with prominent heroes in attendance.
Characters & Entities
K
KṛṣṇaB
BhīṣmaD
DuryodhanaM
MahārathaR
Ratha/AtirathaFAQs
Pride seeks reassurance through numbers and ranks, but dharma is not secured merely by strength or classification.
None; it continues the battlefield narrative framework.
None.